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APPARATUS, Fon SOFTENING. WATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Applicants nea June 1,1905. serial No. 263,226;

To fil/ZZ whom it may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT SPENCER l FLYNT, a subject of the King ofGreat Britable intervals with the solution.

ain and Ireland, residing at Rose Mount, Grange Road, Sale, in thecounty of Chester, England, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Apparatus for Softening Water, of which the following is aspecication. This invention has for its object an appara-V tus forautomatically softening water or for otherwise automatically mixing apredetermined percentage of solution with the Water to be treated. Imay, for example, cause a suitable proportion of calcium hydrate andcarbonate of soda' to be mixed with the Water to be treated; but theprecise nature of the chemicals employed may vary according to theimpurities in the water. In the drawings, Figure lis a side elevation ofan Vapparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is asection there,- of, and Fig. 3 is a section as on line a: of Fig. 2.

A is the framework of the machine, and B is a cylindrical drum adaptedto revolve on trunnions C. At the upper part of this framework is a tankD, which is supplied at suitconnects the tank with the interior of thedrum, as clearly shown inFig. 3, and is provided With a cock F, by meansof which the supply may be regulated.V G is an over'liow.

- In practice the drum B should never be more than one-third full about,and this overflow only comes into use incase or cases of emergency. Adrain-cock V, Fig. 2, isrprovided for use When the drum is being Washedout.

H (see Fig. 3) is an agitator or. stirrer by means of which the contentsof tank D may be stirred up, and I is a handle by which said stirrer maybe turned.

Around the circumference of the drum'B I provide a seriesof buckets J,and these are supplied with water one at a time by means of thesupply-pipe K. As soon as one ofthe buckets has received suiicient waterthe weight thereof causes the drum B to revolve one step, and anotherempty bucket J then takesits place and in turn yreceives a supply, 'andso on. The buckets as they descend automatically discharge theircontents into a setfrom the drum into the settling-tank, and this iseffected as follows: Within the drum Iprovide a measuring-pipe L, theouter end M whereofsticks out through the side of the drum, as shown,and the opposite end Whe-reof carries a measure N, which in` the exampleshown consists of a hollow sphere having a perforation O through it..This measuringpipe L and sphere N are rigidly attached to the drum B andrevolve with it, so that it will be seenv that every time the measure Nis dipped down so as to yget below the surface ofthe solution in thedrum it becomes filled with said solution, and as soon as it rises abovethe surface thereof'the surplus rushes out through the hole O, and onrevolving still further the solution contained Within said measure Nruns out of the opening M to the water in the settling and filteringtank W'. Windows U are provided in the drum, whereby the level of thesolution therein may be readily seen.

In some cases instead of the round holes O I may have a slit or similarorifice, the function in either case being to prevent-the measure Nvbeing more than half full when it has 'risen above the surface-of thesolution.

vS `(see Figs. l and 2) which tends to prevent overrunning of thebuckets J.

T (see Figs. 2 and '3) represents ribs or stirrers affixed Within thedrum B, and they serve to carry up and thence throw down the undissolvedportion of the purifying chemicals.

It is to be stated that While I have described apparatus which is thebest known to me to step by step because of the Water to be treatedbeing fed into said buckets, means for feeding the purifying solutioninto said drum, and a pipe located within said drum one end loo of whichprojects therethrough and the other I rifying solution, buckets arrangedaround saiddrum, and by means of which it is turned, an adjustabledetent-gearing to control its revolution so that it takes place step bystep in accordance with the quantity of waiter lerl; substantially asdescribed and shown.

In testimony whereof .I have signed my naine to this specification inthe presence ol two .subscribing witnesses.

HERBERT SPENCER FLY N'lf.

Witnesses:

CHAS. CovEN'rRY, Tiros. NUGnNr.

